The only sound I can hear is the cicadas in the trees, the river crashing through a canyon far off and the fish jumping. Obviously the fish are jumping because I forgot my back packing fishing pole. I’m trying not to be to upset about all the hungry, tasty trout every where, …
Month: July 2014
Years ago my friends and I took their Doberman hiking on a super hot day down a dusty trail. Money girl, their dog kept stopping on the trail and whimpering and staring at us with big sad eyes and it took us a few miles to figure out what was wrong. Her …
Finally, Trail Crest, all 13,000 feet of it. I may not have made it to the top of the mountain today! But I put up one hell of a fight! Last year I did this hike in something like 14 hours and I had grand plans to do it a lot faster …
I’m resting I’m finally resting. My day started at four a.m. By 4:30 I had three liters of water in my pack and a hiking pole in each hand. I was going to summit Mt Whitney. Again. I was headed up the Whitney Portal Trail with two friends and we …
Lone Pine Lake is ruggedly beautiful. We started the hike at two p.m. In the heat of the day and as you sludge along uphill the trail is all in the sun. This was going to be a brutal practice for tomorrow’s ascent of Mt Whitney. Luckily I had come prepared with some …